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USA Today Sports Media Group
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Adam Schupak

It was 40 years ago that the Skins Game launched made-for-TV golf during Thanksgiving weekend

In 1983, Steve Sesnick claims that he conceived the concept that became one of the most successful made-for-TV franchises in all of sports: four of golf’s biggest names, competing in a go-for-broke format over two days during Thanksgiving weekend when golf traditionally was dark, college football was limited, and even the NFL had two fewer games to compete against.

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